I feel a need to comment upon the spat between Dr Braem and Prem Subrahmanyam. People seeking help, guidance or information use this resource (OGD) to make it easier to receive these. The very point of this is that each of us no longer needs to go and reinvent the wheel. The knowledge of the ages has accumulated because of the exchange of information. Everyone has been able to get the opportunity of seeing further by standing on the shoulders of giants. I have an undying admiration of most of the work of Dr Braem. It is indicative of a huge underlying passion for the plants we all love so much and I feel loath to criticise him. However I feel that his response to Prem has been a bit harsh. He has, in essence, told Prem to go and reinvent the wheel. If Prem's posting irritated him, it would be better were he to have ignored it. It appears to me that Prem was simply seeking to find someone who had a ready understanding of the taxonomic issues surrounding Habenaria rhodocheila, in order that he could better understand what he was looking at. My suggestion is to look at the work of Christenson in this area, by consulting his articles: ORCHIDS (AOS), February 2003, p. 136 ORCHIDS (AOS), March 2002, pp. 222-223 ORCHIDS (AOS), February 2001, pp.129-131 and then follow up on the references Christenson has given. Attempting to find rare articles in old, obscure publications is often very difficult, but will need to be done, if you are unable to have your questions answered by the literature more readily to hand. Regards & Love, greig russell "Valhalla", Osborne Lane, 7975 KOMMETJIE, Western Cape. (021) 783 3962 http://www.geocities.com/pennypoint9/ http://tygerorchids.itgo.com
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